The New Batman Adventures

TV Series
1997–1999
TV-PG
30m

IMDb RATING

8.4/10

20K

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

2,590

127

Tara Strong, Kevin Conroy, Loren Lester, and Mathew Valencia in The New Batman Adventures (1997)

Superhero Action Adventure Animation Crime Family Mystery Sci-Fi

The further and darker adventures of Batman with a new Robin, a closer association with Batgirl and the previous Robin now as Nightwing.The further and darker adventures of Batman with a new Robin, a closer association with Batgirl and the previous Robin now as Nightwing.The further and darker adventures of Batman with a new Robin, a closer association with Batgirl and the previous Robin now as Nightwing.

Creators
- Bob Kane
- Alan Grant
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

IMDb RATING

8.4/10

20K

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

2,590

127

Creators
- Bob Kane
- Alan Grant
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 6 wins & 10 nominations

Episodes24

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Trivia
Many of the characters took on different designs for the series, most noticeably The Joker. Many fans of the previous series, Batman: The Animated Series (1992), had trouble accepting the new designs and as a result The New Batman Adventures (1997) is remembered more for the character designs than the episodes.

Quotes
Bruce Wayne: What are you doing tonight?
Barbara Gordon: Same thing we do every night, Pinky!
Bruce Wayne: What?
Barbara Gordon: ...Never mind.

Alternate versions
Although this show goes by "Batman: The Animated Series Volume 4" on video, the original intro from "The New Batman/Superman Adventures" can be seen as a bonus feature if the viewer selects "Play All" on the DVD's main menu, in addition to the original BTAS intro.

Connections
Featured in Atop the Fourth Wall: Countdown Prologue (2009)

User reviews41

Review

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A necessary improvement

Don't get me wrong. I like a lot of the "Batman" episodes that aired on FOX (when the show was under the title "Batman: The Animated Series"). It's just that the animation in these late '90s installments are better. Since Warner Brothers owns Batman, I like the fact that they could finally have more creative freedom on the WB network than what they had on FOX.

For example, when the show moved to WB, we finally got to see the pyromaniac Firefly (Unfortunately, he wasn't allowed appear on B:TAS while the show was running on FOX). He appeared in only two episodes ("Torch Song" and "Legends of the Dark Knight"), and should have been featured more often like many other Bat-villains (Joker, Two-Face, Penguin, Catwoman, etc.). I would also have liked to see Firefly take on Mr. Freeze (in a "fire and ice" conflict). That would have been a clever face-off, don't you think?